text: composed of four volumes this catalog accompanies the exhibition of the same name by the Berlin-cooperation of Berlinischen Gallery, Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, the KW Institute for Contemporary Art and the Neue Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / thematically, the focus of this collaboration is directed on the painting in Berlin, initiated by the Berlin Senate its marking the beginning of a long-term series of projects / both, established and young artistic positions are presented that follows each different approaches and working methods in dealing with this medium / each one volume of the complete edition is dedicated to one of the four individual or group exhibitions / with artists such as Franz Ackermann, Martin Eder, Jeanne Mammen, Frank Nitsche, Katrin Plav?ak or Scheibitz the catalog opens up a particularly wide range of artistic positions and procedures / traditional concepts meet highly site- and installation-specific work and allows a comprehensive, multi-perspective view of the practice of this medium within / all four exhibitions and catalog volumes unite central, here raised and negotiated, questions: what opportunities and impulses are emanating from the painting in Berlin today? what role is responsible for this ever-newly formulated medium, especially in contemporary art discourse? / with contributions by Rainer Metzger, Eva Scharrer, Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Raimar rod, Jörg Heiser and Others / detailed information about the book: Neue Nationalgalerie  Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - BubeDameKönigAss: Martin Eder, Michael Kunze, Anselm Reyle, Thomas Scheibitz